I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
one's physical safety; personal security
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
form; shape; figure; visage
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to come to one's senses; to calm down
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)